Meet Chip-Chip

This afternoon, while Ryan and I were cooking Thanksgiving dinner (a few days late, since I bought a 25 lbs turkey that didn't want to thaw!) Skyler was watching her Barbie movie when the doorbell rang! She ran to answer it, but no one was there. After looking around, she found a package that had been wrapped and just laying on our front porch. In typical three year old fashion she ripped it open!

Inside was a gift from Santa! (Who knew that he sent gifts this early?)
He sent one of his elves to our house! He's in training, to be one of Santa's Scout Elves. He's supposed to watch Skyler and report back to Santa at night, letting him know if she's naughty or nice! (And so far? Thanks to our new Elf? Skyler cleaned her room, without being asked! She wanted him to tell Santa how good she's been!)

Here's the catch, our elf? (Skyler has named him Chip-Chip) He's in training too, so he may cause a bit of mischief. Each morning, Skyler needs to find him to make sure he made it back safely from the North Pole. (He goes back to report to Santa while we sleep.) 

And he's magical! So she can't touch him. If we touch him, he will lose his magic and won't be able to return to the North Pole! 

As soon as we met our elf, Skyler wanted him to meet Button, our fish. So we set him on top of our book shelf to be able to watch around the room. (Santa's letter said it's ok for Mommy and Daddy to help move Chip-Chip to his special seat so he can keep an eye out.) 

We would like to invite you to follow along, help us look out for Chip-Chip to make sure he stays out of trouble! (Just like Skyler!)